Littleton is recognised as a leading set in Professional Discipline and Regulation, with our barristers offering top-quality advice and representation across a wide range of sectors.
What sets us apart is our cutting-edge crossover expertise: all members are civil practitioners with deep experience in commercial, public and employment litigation, in addition to the core areas of professional discipline. This enables us to approach disciplinary and regulatory cases with commercial insight and strategic perspective that few other sets can match.
We act for regulators, representative bodies, professionals, and private parties across the full spectrum of disciplinary and regulatory proceedings, including:
- Internal hearings, suspensions, sanctions, exclusions, and appeals
- Injunctions and interim orders
- Disciplinary proceedings before professional regulators
- Drafting and revising rules (including on behalf of regulators themselves)
- Human rights and public law issues
Our members are also appointed as assessors, panellists and legal advisers to major disciplinary and regulatory panels and include approved counsel to the Equality & Human Rights Commission, members of the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel, and barristers with specialist medical and medico-legal expertise.
Littleton has expertise in many sectors, including:
Financial services & regulatory investigations
We represent firms and individuals in regulatory proceedings before the Financial Conduct Authority, the Electoral Commission, and other financial/professional oversight bodies. Our commercial and employment law background ensures robust handling of cases involving sanctions, enforcement, and governance issues.
Legal & professional services
Our barristers appear before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board, and the Professional Conduct Committee of the British Psychological Society. We are frequently instructed in matters concerning professional conduct, integrity and standards.
Education & public sector regulation
Littleton members advise and appear before the General Teaching Council for England, the General Social Care Council, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the Farriers Registration Council and other specialist regulatory bodies. We also bring expertise in cases involving public law and human rights.
Healthcare & medical regulation
We act in proceedings before all the major healthcare regulators, including the General Medical Council, Nursing & Midwifery Council, Health & Care Professions Council, General Dental Council and General Optical Council. Members bring both legal and medico-legal qualifications, ensuring an unrivalled depth of expertise.
